SAP BW4HANA Reviews

My client is one of the biggest retail clients, and I'm mostly working in the sales and distribution domain.

The client uses SAP BW4HANA to report on sales, deliveries, and invoices. They track how much product got invoiced and how many products were sent. They want to utilize and perform historical reporting or weekly reporting on transactional data.

SAP BW4HANA definitely helps to reduce data footprint on data management efficiency. It works on a HANA Cloud, which is an optimized database, and offers the capability to optimize the loads.

There is a data tiering optimization option where users can select the usability of the data. Data can be categorized as warm for frequently used data, then cold, and hot. Users can split the data and keep it accordingly, which totally improves the efficiency of using the database.

The capability to handle a large amount of data and perform ETL operations is most valuable. Additionally, sending data out of SAP BW4HANA through Open Hub, which is a free service, is another valuable feature. In contrast, many other products charge for sending data out of their systems, such as Data Sphere or BDC, which charge premium service fees.

Regarding advanced analytic tools in SAP BW4HANA, users can directly connect to Analysis for Office without additional charges. It's convenient as users don't have to download data into Excel since it's already connected to the system.

From an integration capabilities perspective, it's easy to connect to SAP systems, though integration with non-SAP systems presents more challenges.

The integration with AI/ML in SAP BW4HANA is currently very limited, which is definitely an area that needs improvement. The second area for improvement is integration with third-party systems, which is currently not available. This is why they have introduced Data Sphere, which offers that capability.

I have been working with SAP BW4HANA for 10 years.

I would rate the vendor support as eight. I am satisfied with the response time and quality.

Positive

The setup process of SAP BW4HANA is complex.

My clients purchase the product directly from SAP.

There are definitely competitors for SAP BW4HANA in the market. Azure Databricks with Core Data CDL is one of the main competitors. Another significant competitor is Snowflake, and some applications are moving to that platform.

People tend to move to Azure because it's a Microsoft solution, and they already have Microsoft products such as Microsoft Office and Power BI. They receive some reporting tools as part of their standard Microsoft license.

SAP pricing is more costly compared to other products.

I would rate the stability of SAP BW4HANA as nine out of ten. In terms of scalability, I would rate it as eight out of ten.

I am totally satisfied with the functionality of SAP BW4HANA.

This is an on-premises solution, but there is an option for private cloud edition (PCE) as well. I'm working with the on-premises solution.

Overall, I rate SAP BW4HANA a nine out of ten.

I worked with SAP BW4HANA, creating Web Intelligence reports using BEx queries. I am a BW consultant with 14 years of experience in BW and currently working on SAP BW4HANA.

I have worked on versions from BW 3.0 to 3.5 and 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5. I have experience with BW on HANA as well as before HANA. I have completed implementation projects and support projects. I have worked with unique clients in production and manufacturing, including companies such as Coolback, Kohler, Huntswood, and A&K Plastics.

These were manufacturing companies I worked for as clients.

In SAP BW4HANA, I have worked in modeling, extraction, and reporting. I have experience with different tools including Power BI, BEx tools, Web Intelligence reports, and SSC.

The best features include the ability to create data sources directly on tables, and perform mapping without creating info objects. It directly maps to target fields and source fields. There is no info cube concept, only ODS concept. We can create BEx queries in HANA itself, not as a separate tool. The modeling and reporting processes are easier to accomplish.

Integration needs improvement. In reporting, I am not comfortable with the creation of variables, and some calculations need improvement in BW queries.

For how long have I used the solution?

Regarding SAP support, I have raised many support tickets but did not receive adequate support. It took more than months to get responses. In the meantime, I found solutions independently and provided two solutions to my client.

The SAP support experience was not satisfactory. I raised multiple tickets but did not receive timely responses, often taking one to two months, and ultimately did not receive solutions for my tickets.

Positive

I have worked in BW flows and BW modeling but not with the product setup. I am not involved in the extreme product setup.

The certification cost is extremely high. I completed certification for $40,000. The certification cost for SAP BW4HANA in 2025 is expected to be one lakh forty thousand.

Many clients are moving from SAP BW4HANA to Azure or other tools due to expense. I have created documentation for BW flows showing how to convert from SAP BW4HANA to other tools. I have worked with two to three clients who have moved away from BW due to pricing concerns. Currently, I am working with a client who is planning to move because they cannot afford to spend more on BW on HANA.

I have 14 years of experience in BW. I can recommend SAP BW4HANA because I am a BW consultant. Because of my recommendation, one client continues to maintain BW. However, another client is moving away in September because they cannot afford BW on HANA. I work for Miracle Software Systems, based in Michigan with a branch in Visakhapatnam, India, where I am currently working.

On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution a 10.

My use cases involve the client I am working with, who already has a BW ON HANA system, and we are currently migrating and redeveloping things in SAP BW4HANA; they are decommissioning the BW On HANA system.

The features I find most valuable in SAP BW4HANA include the minimal modeling optics. Earlier in the BW System, we had a lot of modeling objects for things like virtualization and data staging, but in SAP BW4HANA, they have simplified everything, allowing us to design data by using minimal objects combined into a single object.

My impression of the stability of SAP BW4HANA is that it is a robust system, scalable, and effective for business reporting as well as combining multiple datasets into a single point of view.

For improvement, I think AWS for HANA could be better, but it is an on-premise solution. SAP is asking us to move to one client approach and suggested moving to data warehouse cloud, which should have been done before HANA, as the cloud solution is better for them due to the lack of hardware maintenance on the client's end.

I have been using SAP BW4HANA for two years now, and the rest of my experience is on BW on HANA system.

SAP BW4HANA is scalable, though I'm not entirely certain how to describe the full extent of its scalability.

About the tech support from SAP, my impression is that you can create a ticket, and they will get back to you within twenty-four hours.

Regarding the setup, it is straightforward and similar to other SAP solutions which rely on optimizing hardware systems.

For the deployment and maintenance from a technical standpoint, you can require two to three consultants for BW deployment, and they will also need a basis team member.

I am not entirely certain about the deployment steps as I am a developer; those details are typically managed by the basis team.

For advice to others wanting to start using SAP BW4HANA, I would recommend that if their existing solution is on-premise, such as the BW system on HANA DB or other applications, it is better to migrate first to SAP BW4HANA rather than going to a data warehouse cloud solution.

As for the licensing cost customers need to pay, I am not certain about that, as it is handled under security and is taken care of by the basis team, so I cannot provide specifics.

I would rate SAP BW4HANA an eight out of ten.

It's primarily used as an enterprise data warehouse solution.

I like the modeling and reporting capabilities.

Real-time processing isn't BW/4HANA's strongest point. We typically run batch jobs for this purpose. So, it's not good for real-time reporting. 

BW/4HANA's modeling is quite intuitive because even those without technical database knowledge can model data from a business perspective. The tool can still be done without knowing the database functionalities of the data warehouse. 

Even if someone doesn't understand the database functionalities, you can still model. It provides the functions in a way that even a less technical person can do the modeling. The tool facilitates modeling for non-technical users, ensuring good modeling results.

I would like to see more modern functionalities, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning components.

Integratiing BW/4HANA with AI tools is more like exporting data rather than true integration. 

Integration means seamless integration, where data is stored in BW/4HANA and can be sent to other AI/ML tools. I consider it exporting data to a separate system, not true integration. 

True integration involves a seamless workflow from one system to another system, where changes in one system impact the other positively. BW/4HANA stores data and sends it to AI/ML systems, but this isn't integration. 

I've worked with BW/4HANA for last 15 years.

I've worked extensively with SAP, particularly HANA, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA, SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud), and Business Objects for reporting.

It's quite stable because it's been used for about thirty years. The first version came out in 1996. So, if I look at BW/4HANA or BW, it was the best product before the hyperscalers came along. Now that the cloud is here, it's not really a fair comparison anymore. 

We have so many data platforms on AWS, Azure, and Google. But before that era, BW was the best. Now, things are changing, and SAP is also moving to hyperscalers, which is essentially the cloud. 

So, the entire technology space is changing. Everything is going to the cloud, and all products have to re-establish themselves. In its previous version, BW/4HANA was quite good. But compared to today's hyperscalers, it's still seen as a bit of a traditional system. However, given the circumstances, it's very stable.

BW/4HANA is quite scalable. It supports both vertical and horizontal scaling effectively. I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten. 

It is best suited for enterprise-level companies. It's like an elephant, not easily maintained by smaller organizations.

Previously, SAP's direct support was good, but it so no good now.

Previously, they had direct support from SAP, but now it seems they've contracted it out to another company. The support isn't as good anymore; it takes a few layers to get the best response.

In the previous era, it was the best product. If we compare the on-premise version with others like Oracle, IBM, or Microsoft, it's good. But compared to cloud solutions like Databricks and Snowflake, it falls short. They have more flexible pricing, and the cloud landscape is changing rapidly.

It's difficult to make a direct comparison because using BW/4HANA with SAP ERP is a different experience than using it with another ERP or without SAP altogether. There are many factors and metrics to consider for a full comparison.

In terms of installation, it is not simple but structured. There are best practices to follow, making the setup manageable despite its complexity.

BW/4HANA is an on-premises solution. SAP is shifting towards SAP Datasphere, a cloud-based version. 

SAP's private cloud can host on-premises versions, but they still call it cloud. So, it is very confusing phrasing for us. 

Previously, BW (Business Warehouse) on HANA was priced together with the ERP, not separately. I think the latest version, BW/4HANA, is priced separately.

So it used to be one package, but now it's priced separately.

ERP is priced more than others, or at least on par with the top ones. 

Given the current technology space, I would rate it eight out of ten.

I would recommend to use it with SAP ERP system. If you have another ERP system or non-SAP system, I wouldn't recommend using it. 

I work with BI solutions along with SAP BW/4HANA, which we have on-premises, and that is my main area of work. I work with SAP BW/4HANA.

I work in finance. My company does a lot of financial reporting on SAP BW/4HANA. We load up all the finance data from SAP ECC and do analytics on SAP BW/4HANA. We also have some custom developments on SAP BW/4HANA to do further processing and generate consolidated data. We then make data available to other tools, whether it is Power BI or Qlik.

The solution's most valuable feature is that it is a very powerful tool. It can contain a lot of our data, making it a great platform for development. The solution also has the best stability, robustness, and customizability features.

The downside of the product revolves around how we might set things up in our company. Though it is a robust tool, it is a heavily controlled product. Change management can sometimes be a little bit less flexible than a Power BI setup. SAP BW/4HANA can generally be less flexible than other tools, depending on how it is set up.

I have been using SAP BW/4HANA for five years. My company is a customer of the product.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

Positive

I have been working with BW tools for ten to fifteen years.

The tool was installed by a technical team. I was not involved with the technical team.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

I was looking for the differences between SAP on Azure and SAP on AWS.

I think we have lots of different integrations, but I would say the tool's integration capabilities are okay and not perfect.

Though I haven't seen any AI features in the tool, there are others who have experienced such functionalities in the tool.

If you have enough money, you can buy it, but I don't mean to say that it is an expensive product. One needs to ensure things are well-designed before committing to the solution.

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.

I use SAP BW4HANA as an enterprise data warehouse to integrate data from various systems, including SAP ECC, S/4HANA, BW on HANA, HR systems, and flat files.

In SAP BW4HANA, I like how it blends no-code and ABAP code for complex transformations during data loading. It is intuitive for joining tables and using info objects without creating new ones. Plus, it supports real-time reporting from SAP and offers extensive resources and support. Users can combine planning and actual data, perform currency conversion, and empower power users to create their own reports. With SAP Analytics Cloud, it is a complete solution for advanced analytics and planning.

One thing that could be enhanced in SAP BW4HANA is the user interface for process chains. Currently, it can be viewed in both the old and new interfaces, but making the new interface more developer-friendly would streamline the experience and eliminate the need for both interfaces.

I have been working with SAP BW4HANA for a year and a half.

We haven't had any major stability issues with the solution.

SAP BW4HANA is scalable. It is primarily an on-premise solution, so budgeting and planning for data volume are necessary. Approximately 1,000 people use it in our organization.

I would rate the technical support for SAP BW4HANA at around eight out of ten. It varies depending on the issue and the support representative but is generally good.

Positive

I mainly worked with SAP BW but also used SQL Data Warehouse and Apache Hadoop as a data lake. Comparing solutions is tough as it depends on factors like visualization. SAP is integrating solutions like ECC, S/4HANA, DataSphere, and BW4HANA, catching up with competitors like Microsoft. Overall, I think that no solution fits every market aspect perfectly.

Setting up SAP BW4HANA is straightforward with prior experience, though AMDP transformations may require skill upgrading. An automatic conversion tool for old code to AMDP scripts could help. Deployment duration varies but is generally manageable with skilled resources. Maintenance is simpler due to improved performance and reduced need for optimizations. BW4HANA's architecture simplifies maintenance with fewer layers and more virtualization options like Open ODS Views.

SAP BW4HANA improved data reporting processes significantly. Performance on HANA database is good. Well-built data models ensure consistent and fast reporting. Reusable models enhance efficiency, even for SaaS services.

In-memory computing, especially since HANA, has greatly improved performance in data analysis tasks. It eliminates the need for complex optimizations like creating indexes or aggregates. Queries that once took minutes now run in seconds, enabling real-time reporting, especially for SAP ECC on HANA.

SAP BW4HANA's integration capabilities are streamlined with a simplified architecture and more virtual layers. You can directly load data into optimized layers, reducing the need for extra storage. The introduction of Open ODS Views allows for additional logic and master data inclusion, making integration faster and simpler.

The learning curve for SAP BW4HANA is much faster now compared to ten years ago, thanks to abundant free resources like documentation, videos, blogs, and learning journeys provided by SAP. It is simpler to learn with these resources available compared to the past when you had to attend courses and rely on books.

I would recommend SAP BW4HANA to users looking to implement it, especially if they want to keep their systems on-premise and already have SAP systems. Those with BW on HANA have two choices: BW4HANA or DataSphere, depending on their cloud strategy. If they are advanced in their cloud strategy and want to migrate off-premise, DataSphere is a good choice. However, for a robust solution on-premise or in a private cloud, BW4HANA is an excellent option.

Overall, I would rate BW4HANA as a nine out of ten. It performs all necessary data warehouse tasks and offers additional functionalities. We use it traditionally, with complex transformations and models but with less emphasis on real-time processing and third-party sources.

SAP BW4HANA is used as a data analytics platform. In our company, we use SAP BW4HANA to visualize the data from the ERP system and transactional data. I have been using SAP BW4HANA for my database relationship and data visualization. For visualization, I have used several applications like Tableau and Power BI. With SAP BW4HANA, our company could keep the data, and the data fields can be visualized with applications like Power BI and Tableau.

My company mainly uses SAP BW4HANA to take data from the transactional system, which is our ERP tool named SAP HANA and we created all the data sources as we wanted to visualize the data in Power BI and Tableau.

From an improvement perspective, the tool needs to offer a clear licensing and pricing model. It would make it easy for customers to figure out which license model they need to select for their company. Currently, there are no clear indications of the licensing models and licensing types offered by the product.

I have experience with SAP BW4HANA.

It is a stable solution. It is one of SAP's proprietary tools, and it works in a cross-functional manner with the other SAP products. I have not used SAP BW4HANA with other products.

I am not the solution's user. I am just an implementation partner of the product, with different customers from different business domains using SAP BW4HANA. I have worked with clients from different industries like, service, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, poultry and distilleries and many more. Some of my clients had 100 to 150 users of the product while some others had 500 users.

There is no issue with the product's support. You can have an annual maintenance agreement with SAP. The best part is that there is so much documentation in SAP's marketplace. There are a lot of resources available from SAP compared to the other ERP solutions available in the market. The product offers so much documentation and resources that even without a consultancy or expertise, you can follow them and do things by yourself.

The product's initial setup phase is a bit complex. You need to have a little bit of expertise to be able to work with the setup phase of the tool. A layman will not be able to work directly on the tool. If you have an understanding of business warehouses and the concepts of how the different architectures are, then it will be very easy for you to work with SAP BW4HANA.

Compared to the other products in the market, SAP BW4HANA is costly. The licensing model of the product is not known to everybody.

There have been no hiccups for my company when it comes to integrating SAP products with the data analytics and the transactional systems since my company uses SAP PI for it, but lately my organization has been using SAP Process Orchestration for data integration.

With SAP, there is a small visualization part inside SAP BW4HANA. I can visualize some of the reports with the help of SAP BW4HANA. The tool can be configured and is compatible with all SAP applications, which makes it a good product.

I believe that the product has the capabilities to cater to various business requirements.

The product does offer value for money. There are big customers along with medium or small customers. Small and medium-sized customers cannot afford the cost of the tool's licensing. From a value point of view, in business terms, it is good.

I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

I am working with multiple SAP clients. I am more of a tool consultant. We now have our own solutions for the supply chain, but they are more focused on complementing SAP solutions.

The problem is the expensive pricing of technical support, making it an area where improvements are required.

I have been using SAP BW4HANA for three to three and half years.

The solution's technical support can be expensive. If you pay the support team, the support team will offer you support. If you don't pay the support team, they will not support you. My company never had any problem with SAP, but it is very pricey.

My company uses SAP Analytics Cloud for dashboards. The data source could be BW, or it could be directly SAP S/4HANA, and sometimes we do it like that. For one of the clients, we did not do it in BW and went directly to HANA database because their requirements weren't much.

My company helps customers with the implementation of the tool. We also offer support and customize our products for the customers.

The product's implementation phase is not straightforward. A few things have to be taken care of, and it all depends on the people doing it. We have very experienced people to take care of the tool's implementation. Sometimes, people implement the tool very quickly, and if they have any issues, they will take more time, but it gets delivered. We don't have any problem with the tool's implementation.

The tool is affordable. In our company, we do have the capacity to offer the tool to others based on the cost, capability, needs and what someone expects from the tool for their overall project. Everything depends or varies because not all clients are the same. If clients opt for our company's complementing solutions, we give a different pricing model to such customers, meaning we have a model to support them.

There are multiple products in the market. People are looking for multiple things, but I am not sure.

I recommend the tool for companies involved in manufacturing and logistics. Our primary focus is on mid-sized businesses.

The clients know what is required for their companies. Our company's main focus is manufacturing and supply chain organizations. The tool can also be used in mining and certain parts of retail business.

The products offered by SAP have high levels of competence. Companies look for tools that can solve their problems at an affordable price.

My company integrates the product with other tools with the help of SAP OData's services.

Speaking about the tool's impact on the customers' data processing speeds, I would say that one of the main concerns is security. The tool is more concerned about the security of the integrations. That is the reason the tool is preferred through something like AWS or GCP. The security of SAP integration is a major concern for the client as they don't want to expose their data to unsecured links. Some customers are okay with the tool's integrations, but my company uses SAP OData for others. Sometimes, if a customer is not willing to share, we use RPA for some integrations.

The tool's modernized data modeling capabilities are mandatory, so it is no longer an option. Users need to have robust data, and if they don't have a robust data architecture, they will have a problem anyway. It is not only about their recurrent operations but also associated with future upgrades. Everybody is trying to be innovative sooner or later.

Speaking about the transition from a traditional data warehouse to an SAP tool and its impact on our customers' data governance practices, I would say that they will get all the data requirements fulfilled after migration. If they don't design it properly, then they will have a problem, and it can be technological or functional.

I recommend the tool to others.

The tool has its own challenges. Technology-wise, it is a very robust tool. From the cost and implementation perspective, I rate the tool as a seven out of ten.

I'm part of our company's IT department. We implemented the SAP BW/4HANA solution, and we recommend it to our customers.

SAP BW/4HANA is an analytics solution. You can use it for reporting. It's an advanced data warehousing solution, so it supports real-time analytics, data warehousing, and consolidation. Advanced analytics and data exploration are other use cases.

One significant advantage of SAP BW/4HANA is the direct integration with the SAP HANA database, providing seamless access to real-time analytics. 

Additionally, it enables real-time data integration. We don't need to rely on historical data alone; we can provide reporting and features based on real-time information. 

Also, it integrates well with SAP S/4HANA. The data governance and security features that come with SAP HANA are another significant benefit.

It enables real-time data analytics. Before SAP BW/4HANA or traditional BW systems, data loads would happen nightly. With SAP BW/4HANA, you can directly access the HANA database, providing real-time data and analytics. So, the integration with SAP HANA impacted data processing speeds.

Moreover, the modernized data modeling capabilities helped with analytics. From a data modeling perspective, you have better options to present data to customers or C-level managers. This helps them make better decisions.

The transition from a traditional data warehouse to SAP BW/4HANA improves data governance practices. The transition to real-time, in-memory analytics helps shift how business is conducted. In traditional BW, you had fewer options for data stores. BW/4HANA lets you connect with various source models, both SAP and non-SAP, giving greater visibility.

Valuable features depend on the customer's specific requirements. The benefits will vary based on their needs.

There are few areas of improvement:

• There's the complexity in migration from BW to BW/4HANA, especially with data migration. 

• Also, the cost of ownership is higher. It's resource-intensive, and naturally, that increases costs. 

• Additionally, BW/4HANA is SAP-specific, a vendor lock-in. It makes sense for customers in an SAP environment, but if they run an Oracle suite, for example, they might need to consider if BW/4HANA aligns with their organizational standards. 
• Finally, finding skilled BW/4HANA specialists can be a challenge, as it requires not only BW knowledge but development expertise as well.

I have been using it for eight years now. 

From an overall perspective, SAP BW/4HANA offers businesses what they need. It provides flexibility in data presentation and integration options. It's a good product.

We need to consider both competitors and the customer's environment. If the customer is already using SAP and considering HANA, I'd certainly recommend it. 

However, there are advanced options where you don't even need BW/4HANA. You can get reporting capabilities directly from a HANA database using SAP Analytics Cloud. It's important to understand the customer's specific use case.

The customer service and support are good, but it depends on our contract with SAP. A strong contract agreement will ensure good support.

Having worked with the SAP ecosystem for a long time, SAP supports more than the product; they support the customer as well. Customers need to negotiate their contract terms carefully. 

With the right contract, you'll get good support. However, like any software vendor, SAP has ticket priorities. If it's not a high priority, they'll address it within their SLA. This might not always align with customers' expectations.

Neutral

I worked with traditional BW, which is similar but uses a relational database instead of HANA.

Pricing is always a consideration with SAP. You need to navigate the contracts and agreements carefully. But, with the right terms in place, it can be a cost-effective solution.

Overall, I would rate it a seven out of ten. It's a robust product. But there are  downsides, like the cost being one. It's resource-intensive. Also, integration with non-SAP enterprise components could be improved.

In terms of use cases, when you look at SAP BW4HANA, you are looking at creating data warehousing for the organization. You use it to create analytical solutions for the customers.

SAP BW4HANA is outdated because of which people have started to move to SAP Analytics Cloud. SAP BW4HANA valuable feature revolves around the fact that it was easy to customize the tool.

SAP BW4HANA has issues with its integration capabilities, specifically when it comes to non-SAP products, since you have to use middleware tools in such scenarios. The integration capabilities of the product with other non-SAP tools should be improved.

I want to see improvements in the support offered by SAP. I don't see SAP actively supporting the solution now, and I believe that it is because of its new stack of solutions. SAP is not actively supporting SAP BW4HANA, but a better support from SAP would be appreciated.

I have experience with SAP BW4HANA.

It is a very stable solution.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

My company deals with ten customers who use SAP BW4HANA.

All of SAP's customers regularly use the tool.

The solution's technical support is slow. I would say that when working with SAP, one has to be very patient. You have to give SAP's support team enough time after raising a ticket since they will work as per their priorities specified under L1 support and L2 support, but the fact remains that the support system is slow.

The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.

I was not the person responsible for the deployment, so I would not be the best person to speak about it. I was on the business side associated with the tool.

The solution can be deployed in a couple of weeks.

It takes three odd months to complete the whole implementation cycle of the product to deal with simple to medium-level use cases.

There is a need to make payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. Whether the price of the product will be expensive or not is something that depends on the buyers' negotiation skills with SAP. SAP sells products at different rates. For some, the rates offered by SAP can be costly while for others it may seem cheap. The price ultimately depends on how you have negotiated your contract with SAP.

Speaking about whether there are any extra costs attached to the product apart from the standard licensing fees, I am not very sure about where the customer service from SAP fits into the licensing model.

In terms of data warehousing and real-time analytics, the tool has been doing pretty well for our company, and as a matter of fact, it has also been working out well for some of the customers for whom we had helped with the implementation part of the solution. The customers who use SAP BW4HANA are happy with the tool.

The in-memory compute feature impacted the data processing speed since my company presently sees a thirty to forty percent improvement.

In terms of structuring the data that is going to come in, and especially in terms of the overall setup of the tool, the APIs to be set up, and other such areas, are some of the key roles of the people who use the product.

If customers are looking at SAP BW4HANA, I would say that it is definitely a stable solution, but it all depends on your landscape. If your landscape consists of seventy percent non-SAP, then SAP BW4HANA is not meant for you. If you have your core ERP and everything else on SAP, then SAP BW4HANA is a good solution.

The real-time analytics capabilities benefit our organization by allowing employees to make the process of decision-making faster because we have seen reports getting pushed with the in-memory computing capabilities of the tool in a very fast manner. The product has definitely helped the customers make decisions faster.

I rate the overall satisfaction with the product in terms of scalability and future readiness as seven out of ten. Overall, the product is stable. I feel that the support could be better. From the perspective of the people in the market, if you look at the resources offered by SAP BW4HANA, you can find many people who are trained in the product. Getting qualified resources for SAP BW4HANA is very easy.

I rate the tool a seven out of ten.